Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jeremy Hunt (Conservative), on Thursday, 30 November 2006, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 126 members in total.

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EVERY DISABLED CHILD MATTERS CAMPAIGN (No. 2)

That this House congratulates the work of the Every Disabled Child Matters Campaign on highlighting the plight of the United Kingdom's 770,000 disabled children; welcomes the campaign's objectives of ensuring that disabled children live ordinary lives, matter as much as other children, are fully included in society and get the right services and support that they deserve; notes that 98 per cent. of disabled children are cared for by parents or other family members; recognises that the lack of short breaks for the families of disabled children is a key problem for parents and other carers; draws attention to the fact that six out of 10 of these families still do not receive adequate short breaks; further notes the impact on the mental health of family members caused by lack of short breaks; and therefore calls on the Government to work in partnership with the excellent voluntary organisations that exist in this sector to improve the provision and delivery of short breaks for such families.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

370 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

Lord Hammond of Runnymede

Nigel Waterson

Maria Miller

David Ruffley

Andrew Selous

Subjects

Disability Children Health services

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk